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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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